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If It's Broke, Fix It: Amendments to the Alberta Business Corporations Act

On March 28, 2023, the Alberta Government's Bill 10: Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10) received Royal Assent. Bill 10 amends a number of key corporate statutes, including Alberta's Business Corporation Act, RSA...more

Delaware Court Extends a Director's Duty of Oversight to Officers—What Could This Mean for Canadian Directors and Officers?

In the United States, corporate directors owe, as a subset of their duty of loyalty, a duty to monitor and oversee the operations of the company, referred to as the "duty of oversight" in this blog. This duty is known as the...more

Canadian Securities Administrators Publish Eighth Report Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published its eighth annual Review of Disclosure Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions (Year 8 Report) (the Review). The Review outlines the CSA's...more

ISS Releases 2021 Climate & Voting Review and Global Trends Report

In recent years, there has been a distinct increase in climate-related shareholder activism with shareholder proposals and other initiatives on climate-related topics becoming prominent world-wide. On May 12, 2022,...more

Additional Changes to Alberta's Business Corporations Act Now in Effect

The Alberta Government's Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (formerly Bill 84), which we wrote on in our previous insight Additional Changes Coming to Alberta's Business Corporations Act, was proclaimed into force on...more

Additional Canada Business Corporation Act Regulations to Come Into Force August 31, 2022

In 2021, the Government of Canada proposed regulations that would change the director election process for certain corporations established under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). For more information with respect...more

Additional Changes Coming to Alberta's Business Corporations Act

On December 2, 2021, the Alberta Government's Bill 84: Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84) received Royal Assent. The amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (ABCA) contemplated by Bill 84 (which...more

CSA Publishes New Guidance on Disclosure of Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published the seventh annual Review of Disclosure Regarding Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions. The participating jurisdictions from the previous...more

Canadian Government Proposes New CBCA Standard for Electing Directors (Updated)

The federal government has introduced proposed regulations that would, among other things, change the director election process for certain corporations established under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The...more

Government of Canada Publishes First Report on Diversity Disclosure

On April 7, 2021, the Government of Canada published Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations. The report is the first report on the effect of the government's efforts to...more

Surprise! BC amends the Personal Property Security Act

In 2010, the BC Government passed the Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 but certain provisions did not immediately come into force relating to the Personal Property Security Act (British Columbia). On June 1, 2019, certain...more

Update - New Register Requirements of "Individuals with Significant Control"

Effective June 13, 2019, each private corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporation Act (CBCA) will be required to prepare a register of "individuals with significant control" (ISC) over such corporation....more

Proposed Changes to the CBCA: Directors Duties and Disclosure Obligations

On April 8, 2019, the Federal Government introduced Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, which includes proposed changes to the Canada...more

Women on Boards and in Senior Management- OSC Releases Proposed Amendments Regarding Incremental Disclosures of Corporate...

Women on Boards and in Senior Management - The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published for comment proposed amendments to Form 58-101F1 of National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance...more

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